2 In the seventh month, in the
one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet
Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to
the residue of the people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her
first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of
it as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord;
and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all
ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord
of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you
when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is
a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and
the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of
all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord
of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith
the Lord of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater
than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give
peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month,
in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet,
saying,
11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests
concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his
garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any
meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a
dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and
said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this
people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work
of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and
upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:
16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap
of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to
draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and
with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the
Lord.
18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the
four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the
foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the
vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not
brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20 And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai
in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I
will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and
I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will
overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their
riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take
thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will
make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
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